Understanding changes in poverty
| Year of publication: |
2014
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| Authors: | Inchauste, Gabriela |
| Other Persons: | Azevedo, João Pedro (contributor) ; Essama-Nssah, B. (contributor) |
| Publisher: |
Washington : World Bank Publications |
| Subject: | Armut | Poverty | Einkommensverteilung | Income distribution | Entwicklungsländer | Developing countries | Thailand | Peru | Bangladesch | Bangladesh | Intergenerationenmobilität | Intergenerational mobility |
| Extent: | Online-Ressource (191 p) |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record Front Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Opportunity Knocks: Deepening Our Understanding of Poverty Reduction; Introduction; Decomposing Poverty Reduction; Figure 1.1 Decomposition of Changes in Moderate Poverty, by Income Level, in Selected Developing Countries, 2000s; Figures; Contributions of This Volume; Figure 1.2 Cumulative Contributions to Moderate Poverty Reduction in Bangladesh, Peru, and Thailand, 2000s; Decompositions Can Inform Policy Priorities; Notes; Bibliography Chapter 2 A Simple Approach to Understanding Changes in Poverty and InequalityIntroduction; The Size and Redistribution Effects; Table 2.1 Shapley Allocations for a Three-Player Game; Tables; Accounting for the Contribution of Demographics and Income Components; Figure 2.1 Determinants of Consumption per Capita; Table 2.2 Application of Barros Methodology to Measure Contributions of Variables to Change in Poverty; Table 2.3 Proposed Methodology to Decompose Change in Poverty along One Possible Path; Summary and Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography Chapter 3 What Accounts for Changes in Poverty over the Past Decade?Introduction; Growth and Poverty Reduction; Table 3.1 Poverty Headcount Rates, by Benchmark, in Selected Developing Countries, 2000s; Figure 3.1 Average Real GDP Growth in Selected Developing Countries, 2000s; Forces behind Poverty Reduction; Figure 3.2 Contribution of Growth and Redistribution to Poverty Reduction in Selected Developing Countries, by Poverty Line, 2000s; Figure 3.3 Change in Age-Dependency Ratio of Selected Developing Countries, 2000s Table 3.2 Share of Adults per Household, by Poverty Level, Selected Developing Countries, 2000sTable 3.3 Share of Working Adults per Household, by Poverty Level, in Selected Developing Countries, 2000s; Figure 3.4 Change in Subsidies and Other Social Transfers in Selected Developing Countries, 2000s; Figure 3.5 Change in International Remittances to Selected Developing Countries, 2000s; Table 3.4 Share of Transfers in Total Household Income, by Poverty Level, in Selected Developing Countries, 2000s Table 3.5 Change in Household Consumption-to-Income Ratio in Selected Developing Countries, 2000sResults; Figure 3.6 Decomposition of Changes in Moderate Poverty, by Level, in Selected Developing Countries, 2000s; Table 3.6 Contributions to Declines in Moderate Poverty, by Level, in Selected Developing Countries, 2000s; Summary and Conclusions; Annex 3A: Data Sources; Table 3A.1 Survey Sources of Data for Poverty Reduction Analysis in Selected Developing Countries, 2000; Annex 3B: Complementary Tables Table 3B.1 Contributions to the Decline in the 1.25-a-Day (PPP) Poverty Headcount in Selected Developing Countries, 2000s |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4648-0299-7 ; 978-1-4648-0300-0 ; 978-1-4648-0299-7 |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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